Rattle



Patented Jan. 6, 1942 UNITED PATENT masse OFFICE BATTLE Arthur Zadek, New York, N. Y., and Irwin E. Cohn, Leominster, Mass.

1 Claim.

This invention relates to toys and has reference particularly to improvements in nursery rattles, in which special consideration has been given to the noise making elements of the rattle as well as to the construction thereof.

The invention has for its object to provide a rattle of this character wherein a plurality of separate elements of different colors are mounted for axial displacement upon a supporting spindle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rattle of this character in which at least two of the separate elements are hollow cup shaped members which produce a resonant sound when brought together as the rattle is moved rapidly in opposite axial directions.

A still further object of the invention is to afford a rigid supporting spindle or holder having a stop bead at each end and a plurality of intermediate bead-like elements loosely mounted on the spindle, and a resilient loop for one of the stop beads to serve as a handle.

We accomplish the objects of our invention by means of the embodiment thereof hereinafter described, set forth in the appended claim and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of our improved toy rattle; and

Figure 2 is a substantially longitudinal sectional View thereof.

Referring to the drawing, III denotes a straight holder or spindle, which is constructed preferably of a length of reed, Wood or metal, and which is provided at opposite ends with fixed beads II and I2, the former forming a, stop for the lower end and the latter, a stop for the upper end of the spindle. The upper bead I2 is provided with a small bore I3 disposed at right angles to the axis of the spindle I0. A loop I4 of cord or extensible elastic material projects through the bore I3 and is used as a grip from which the rattle is suspended and may be manipulated.

The rattle elements, in the present embodiment of the invention, comprise two egg-shaped beads 4I5 loosely supported on the spindle I0 and arranged over the lower stop bead I I. The next elements comprise two cup-shaped members I6, the concave sides thereof facing each other so that only their rims contact. The spindle I projects through openings I'I in the crown por-'- tions of the members I6, Above the members I6 is a solid ball-shaped element IB having a bore I3 to loosely receive the spindle I0. The element I8 is of suicient weight to drive the upper member I6 against or towards the lower member I6, when the rattle is jerked up and down either by taking direct hold of the spindle or by allowing the resilient loop I4 to cause the rattle to be reciprocated axially thereof. A substantially flat discshaped bead 20 is the next uppermost element and it rests upon the ball I8, while the spindle passes loosely through a bore 2| disposed in the center of the disc. The uppermost moving element is a thimble-shaped piece 22 axially bored to loosely receive the spindle. The spindle I0 is substantially longer than the combined length of all the movable elements'so as to afford suliicient play thereof along the spindle between the stop beads II and I2.

In oporation,the1oop I4 is intended to be heid v in the hand of the child while the rattle proper is allowed to hang downwardly. Rapid up and down movement of the hand will cause the loop to stretch and contact under the weight of the rattle and the elements will move along the spindle according to their own relative weights.' The ball I8 in its downward movement will force the' upper cup I6 to contact the lower cup with considerable force and as their rims are brought to gether, the air caught within the hollow formed by the concave sides will react to create a resol concave sides being of a weight greater than any o of the other elements.

ARTHUR ZADEK. IRWIN E. COI-IN. 

